[sleepymom]

Hi, I'm a Freshman nursing student and I'm working on my abbreviations and definitions for lab. You would think that they would give us things that we could find in our text book or our medical dictionary, but Noooo

Anyway, I've been looking in my texts and even googling the terms and have come up with nada, so I'm hoping some brilliant soul from allnurses can help me out.

Can you tell me what these things mean or at least point me to a website where I can find them myself?

amb

amb cass (there is supposed to be a space after c and a s s but it didn't let me type it out)

as tol

str

Also, I'm having trouble finding functional position. Seems to be a rather simple term, but I found nothing about it in my texts.

Thanks in advance!

[Transplant-BSNTx]

amb = ambulate

amb c *** = ambulate with assistance

as tol = as tolerated

not sure about the str or functional position

[Mej]

Here's a website that may be helpful:

http://www.efn.org/~nurses/acro.html

[hsg1]

"Functional position" may be referring to putting the body segment in the position of function, ex.- putting a rolled cloth in the hand when immobilizing with a splint.

[Lawnurse]

has anyone ever seen/heard of using "et" in stead of "and"? I review charts for the law firm I work at and came across one nurse who consistently wrote "et" in place of "and."

ever seen that? I had NEVER heard of it.

[NancyJo]

Originally Posted by notsureicanbeanurse

It may sound stupid but I am not yet a nursing student but am studing to be a CNA and I was wondering if there was a abbrv. for 2 weeks, 3 weeks. Like a shot every 2 weeks or does that need to be written out?

I was also taught to use et instead of and in nursing school. We can no longer use qd,qod,ms,mso4,cc,u, the few that come to mind. Qd and cc are killing us. We spend most of the day writing clarification orders since our pharm no longer accepts any of these abbreviations. Having trouble getting alot of the docs use to not using them, but it's getting better. Still catch myself using them from time to time. Old habits are hard to break. Have seen qweek or q2wks,etc used.

[Reddy]

Who says Latin is a dead language?


http://www.mtdaily.com/mt1/latin.html

[Nrs_angie]

Originally Posted by Lawnurse

has anyone ever seen/heard of using "et" in stead of "and"? I review charts for the law firm I work at and came across one nurse who consistently wrote "et" in place of "and."

ever seen that? I had NEVER heard of it.

Hello,

Yes... "et" is commonly used especially with "et all". Refer to the APA manual which stands for American Psychological Association Publication Manual. It is basically a manual for professional writing, usually of the medical nature. We were taught to use the APA manual whenever writing a formal paper or anytime we are using the work of another author so as not to plagerize. Which as you know is a "bad, bad, bad" thing. APA states to use it whenever you have to cite the work that has more than six authors. Instead of using the last names of say for example 20 authors in your reference, you only have to type the first author's last name, followed by et all. I believe also it is sometimes a 'hospital approved' abrev. But I would have to check on that. Each hospital has their own approved list but JHACO sets the standard. Hope this helps you.... angie

[ckh23]

Here is a list of websites that have commonly used abbreviations. My clincal instructor gave it to us last semester after she ripped apart our charting abilities.

www.media4u.com/abb/medical_abbreviations.htm
www.globalrph.com/abbrev.htm
www.jdmd.com/glossary/
www.medi-smart.com/documentation.htm

[drenched]

hi! I'm a third year undergrad nursing student, and just started clinicals. I'm having a bit of trouble reading the cardex, especially the abbreviations.
question: what does the following mean?
lcx
s/p
mvr
abd
tee
i tried to look it up in the dictionary, but it either wasn't there or there were so many possible things they could mean that it didn't really help me much.
i just had no idea what this means:
"s/p cath shows rca severe mid lesion, lad 60-65% proximal lesion, lcx mod. proximal disease"
it looks like it could mean suprapubic catheter, but my patient is continent of urine & all that, is it for something else if that's what it means at all?
i also have no idea what this means:
"pt noted with new onset afib.plan for ?tee/echo."
the cardex also said:
"10/14s/p tee: severe MI, mild-mod TI, mod pulm HTN [etc.]"
it's the first part that confused me...it looks like it means that the pt had a severe myocardial infarction on 10.14. however, my patient looked just fine on 10/22 with no pain, no mention of it at all, perfectly coherent etc. so i have a feeling that MI doesn't mean heart attack here. is there anything else this could be?

sorry for so many questions. thanks so much for reading!